KayeMac04
@kayemac.bsky.social
Disabled and partially sighted. Atheist since 1977. Not a monarchist. Antifa in a RefUK dominated County Durham, UK. Looking at events across the pond and in Europe.
Skyscapes from my deck, no fancy stuff.
Skyscapes from my deck, no fancy stuff.
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The incredible ‘Orkney Hood’ from Scotland! 🏴
So well preserved it looks like it was woven yesterday rather than some 1,500 years ago!
It’s thought the hood was made for a child. Found in 1867 in a peat bog in St Andrews Parish, Orkney.
National Museum of Scotland
📷 by me
#Archaeology
So well preserved it looks like it was woven yesterday rather than some 1,500 years ago!
It’s thought the hood was made for a child. Found in 1867 in a peat bog in St Andrews Parish, Orkney.
National Museum of Scotland
📷 by me
#Archaeology
December 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The incredible ‘Orkney Hood’ from Scotland! 🏴
So well preserved it looks like it was woven yesterday rather than some 1,500 years ago!
It’s thought the hood was made for a child. Found in 1867 in a peat bog in St Andrews Parish, Orkney.
National Museum of Scotland
📷 by me
#Archaeology
So well preserved it looks like it was woven yesterday rather than some 1,500 years ago!
It’s thought the hood was made for a child. Found in 1867 in a peat bog in St Andrews Parish, Orkney.
National Museum of Scotland
📷 by me
#Archaeology
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New, from me: Trump’s justification for invading American cities and other countries is to reduce the crime he is actively encouraging through his pardons.
It’s emblematic of how corrupt the pardon process has become under Trump.
Deep dive 🧵 to follow.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
It’s emblematic of how corrupt the pardon process has become under Trump.
Deep dive 🧵 to follow.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
Pardon the Corruption
Trump’s justification for invading American cities and other countries is to reduce the crime he is actively encouraging through his pardons
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
New, from me: Trump’s justification for invading American cities and other countries is to reduce the crime he is actively encouraging through his pardons.
It’s emblematic of how corrupt the pardon process has become under Trump.
Deep dive 🧵 to follow.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
It’s emblematic of how corrupt the pardon process has become under Trump.
Deep dive 🧵 to follow.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
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Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
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December 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Poet Philip Larkin died on this day 1985, aged 63. To DJ Enright, 1955: 'I wish I could think of one nice thing I could tell you about Hull. Oh yes … it’s very nice and flat for cycling.' Photo outside the University of Hull, 1979, by Jane Bown.
December 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Poet Philip Larkin died on this day 1985, aged 63. To DJ Enright, 1955: 'I wish I could think of one nice thing I could tell you about Hull. Oh yes … it’s very nice and flat for cycling.' Photo outside the University of Hull, 1979, by Jane Bown.
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Why doesn’t the US government want to acknowledge World AIDS Day?
According to a Lancet study, USAID cuts could lead to 14 million deaths over the next five years.
According to a Lancet study, USAID cuts could lead to 14 million deaths over the next five years.
December 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Why doesn’t the US government want to acknowledge World AIDS Day?
According to a Lancet study, USAID cuts could lead to 14 million deaths over the next five years.
According to a Lancet study, USAID cuts could lead to 14 million deaths over the next five years.
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Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
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BULL-FUCKING-SHIT!
Two guys clinging to a burning boat do not pose any threat to anyone in any conceivable way.
Even if they were enemy sailors from a naval ship, this targeting would be unlawful and constitute a war crime.
You can't just fucking SAY things and will them to be true.
Two guys clinging to a burning boat do not pose any threat to anyone in any conceivable way.
Even if they were enemy sailors from a naval ship, this targeting would be unlawful and constitute a war crime.
You can't just fucking SAY things and will them to be true.
FOX: You said the follow up strike was lawful. What law is it that allows no survivors?
LEAVITT: The strike was conducted in self defense to protect Americans
LEAVITT: The strike was conducted in self defense to protect Americans
December 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
BULL-FUCKING-SHIT!
Two guys clinging to a burning boat do not pose any threat to anyone in any conceivable way.
Even if they were enemy sailors from a naval ship, this targeting would be unlawful and constitute a war crime.
You can't just fucking SAY things and will them to be true.
Two guys clinging to a burning boat do not pose any threat to anyone in any conceivable way.
Even if they were enemy sailors from a naval ship, this targeting would be unlawful and constitute a war crime.
You can't just fucking SAY things and will them to be true.
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This is ridiculous. It was the first TRUMP admin which developed the cases against President Hernandez. His brother Tony Hernandez was indicted in 2018 and convicted in 2019, and key ally Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez was indicted in 2020.
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
Leavitt: "The people of Honduras have highlighted to him how the former President Hernandez was set up. This was a clear Biden over prosecution."
December 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is ridiculous. It was the first TRUMP admin which developed the cases against President Hernandez. His brother Tony Hernandez was indicted in 2018 and convicted in 2019, and key ally Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez was indicted in 2020.
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
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December 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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The new Environmental Improvement Plan's front cover photo is of a temperate rainforest on Dartmoor
So imagine my disappointment at finding there's no mention of temperate rainforests in the EIP itself! 🌳
Hope the newly-announced Trees Action Plan corrects that when it's out in 2026...
So imagine my disappointment at finding there's no mention of temperate rainforests in the EIP itself! 🌳
Hope the newly-announced Trees Action Plan corrects that when it's out in 2026...
December 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The new Environmental Improvement Plan's front cover photo is of a temperate rainforest on Dartmoor
So imagine my disappointment at finding there's no mention of temperate rainforests in the EIP itself! 🌳
Hope the newly-announced Trees Action Plan corrects that when it's out in 2026...
So imagine my disappointment at finding there's no mention of temperate rainforests in the EIP itself! 🌳
Hope the newly-announced Trees Action Plan corrects that when it's out in 2026...
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My latest Substack piece on Trump’s hypocrisy on all things pardons and drugs:
katiephang.substack.com/p/trumps-par...
katiephang.substack.com/p/trumps-par...
Trump’s Pardons and the Mockery of the U.S. Justice System
Trump's not even trying to hide the hypocrisy
katiephang.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My latest Substack piece on Trump’s hypocrisy on all things pardons and drugs:
katiephang.substack.com/p/trumps-par...
katiephang.substack.com/p/trumps-par...
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There doesn't have to be war for something to be a war crime. All that needs to happen is that the agent in question has violated principles of international humanitarian law. In this case, by declaring them enemy combatants, Hegseth violated the principle of distinction....
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November 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
There doesn't have to be war for something to be a war crime. All that needs to happen is that the agent in question has violated principles of international humanitarian law. In this case, by declaring them enemy combatants, Hegseth violated the principle of distinction....
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
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The ocean remains the only true carbon sink. 🥲
Africa’s forests transformed from carbon sink to carbon source, study finds
Alarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdown
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The ocean remains the only true carbon sink. 🥲
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Yes, we’re used to the madness but this sort of thing is still utterly ridiculous.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Yes, we’re used to the madness but this sort of thing is still utterly ridiculous.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
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Our Christmas countdown for nature lovers is back! 😍🎄
A little bit of wildlife magic every morning...
Who's ready to open door 1 with us?
#RSPBAdvent
A little bit of wildlife magic every morning...
Who's ready to open door 1 with us?
#RSPBAdvent
December 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Our Christmas countdown for nature lovers is back! 😍🎄
A little bit of wildlife magic every morning...
Who's ready to open door 1 with us?
#RSPBAdvent
A little bit of wildlife magic every morning...
Who's ready to open door 1 with us?
#RSPBAdvent
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Videos with thousands of shares on social media claim that people’s savings over £5,000 could be redirected into a national debt repayment fund from January 2026.
But the Treasury confirmed this isn’t true.
But the Treasury confirmed this isn’t true.
No, savings above £5,000 aren’t being taken to pay off the national debt – Full Fact
Claims circulating online that savings over £5,000 could be redirected into a national debt repayment fund from January 2026 are not true.
fullfact.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Videos with thousands of shares on social media claim that people’s savings over £5,000 could be redirected into a national debt repayment fund from January 2026.
But the Treasury confirmed this isn’t true.
But the Treasury confirmed this isn’t true.
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Today is World AIDS Day, remembering all those we have lost, thinking of all those living with HIV.
December 1, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Today is World AIDS Day, remembering all those we have lost, thinking of all those living with HIV.
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In a French theme park, 6 crows were trained to pick up litter. Then Swedish startup 'Corvid Cleaning' developed a feeder that rewards them for collecting & delivering cigarette butts.
Similar attempts to train human have so far failed. Clearly, the birds are smarter. 😉
Similar attempts to train human have so far failed. Clearly, the birds are smarter. 😉
December 1, 2025 at 6:25 AM
In a French theme park, 6 crows were trained to pick up litter. Then Swedish startup 'Corvid Cleaning' developed a feeder that rewards them for collecting & delivering cigarette butts.
Similar attempts to train human have so far failed. Clearly, the birds are smarter. 😉
Similar attempts to train human have so far failed. Clearly, the birds are smarter. 😉
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Here's this week's column. Please - please - can we stop talking about migration in a way that's completely detached from the facts? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Net migration is plummeting. Why can’t Labour say so? | Heather Stewart
An honest debate is needed on this polarising topic as sectors such as social care struggle with recruitment
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Here's this week's column. Please - please - can we stop talking about migration in a way that's completely detached from the facts? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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And if you're not completely sick of my voice, have a listen to this new episode of @alexpodyssey.bsky.social all about apples - fron the golden one that started the Trojan War, all the way to Handel, Tennyson, Snow White, Wagner, Magritte, Alan Turing, The Beatles, Steve Jobs, and Ramsay Bolton.
BRAND NEW 🍏 How Do You Like Them Apples? 🍎
From the Garden of Hesperides to the Garden of Eden, from the Atalanta and the Trojan War to The Beatles and the iPhone, apples are laden with often conflicting symbolism.
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From the Garden of Hesperides to the Garden of Eden, from the Atalanta and the Trojan War to The Beatles and the iPhone, apples are laden with often conflicting symbolism.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/70jw...
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
BONUS - How Do You Like Them Golden Apples?
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November 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
And if you're not completely sick of my voice, have a listen to this new episode of @alexpodyssey.bsky.social all about apples - fron the golden one that started the Trojan War, all the way to Handel, Tennyson, Snow White, Wagner, Magritte, Alan Turing, The Beatles, Steve Jobs, and Ramsay Bolton.
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Are England's water resources being managed properly across industry and domestic use? I'm not sure about that.
Tensions growing between govt, water sector & regulators over water supplies, amid warnings of potential widespread drought next year
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Tensions growing between govt, water sector & regulators over water supplies, amid warnings of potential widespread drought next year
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Water shortages could derail UK’s net zero plans, study finds
Tensions grow after research in England finds there may not be enough water for planned carbon capture and hydrogen projects
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Are England's water resources being managed properly across industry and domestic use? I'm not sure about that.
Tensions growing between govt, water sector & regulators over water supplies, amid warnings of potential widespread drought next year
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Tensions growing between govt, water sector & regulators over water supplies, amid warnings of potential widespread drought next year
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Kernewek, the Cornish language, will be recognised alongside Welsh, Irish Gaelic and Scots Gaelic after the UK Government recommended it for Part III status - the highest level of protection under European treaty
Cornish gains equal language status with Welsh
Stephen Price Kernewek, the Cornish language, will be recognised alongside Welsh, Irish Gaelic and Scots Gaelic after the UK Government recommended it for Part III status – the highest level of protec...
nation.cymru
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Kernewek, the Cornish language, will be recognised alongside Welsh, Irish Gaelic and Scots Gaelic after the UK Government recommended it for Part III status - the highest level of protection under European treaty